Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society. Charlene Patz, President; 114 Carolin Court, Perrysburg, OH 43551-1607; Tele: 419-874-8964; E-mail: cfpatz@att.net.  The Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society was organized in March 1995, and our membership is currently at 125 gardens.  Membership is $10 per garden per calendar year.  Our society meets throughout the year primarily at the facilities at Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive, Toledo, OH. We have a very full, well-rounded program format with programs on various subjects by local individuals or well-known national hosta and daylily speakers, a January dinner meeting, Hosta College in Piqua sponsored by the Great Lakes Region, spring sale of unique hostas available to societies at special prices, annual plant sale open to the public, daylily host program, an accredited hosta show and a non-accredited hemerocallis show - alternate every other year, tours of members gardens, a bus trip, Work Days at Toledo Botanical Garden in conjunction with our ongoing 21st Century project (designing, planting, updating current beds, documentation of plants in the garden and signage, with an ultimate goal in 2001 of having Toledo Botanical Garden's Daylily Crescent beds becoming an accredited display garden of the American Hemerocallis Society as well as having Toledo Botanical Garden listed in the American Hosta Society's Garden Book), public daylily auction in August, a year-end potluck, and an informative newsletter. The BSHDS is affiliated with the national hosta and daylily societies and information available on their events is readily available to our members.  For more information, contact Charlene or Frank Patz.

Central Illinois Hosta Society. www.cihshostaclub.org. The Central Illinois Hosta Society (CIHS) is a social organization that was organized in 1989 and currently has approximately 195 members in the Peoria, Illinois area.  Our society conducts monthly meetings from March through September with the gatherings during the warmer months held at members’ gardens.   We have an early spring potluck dinner and an end-of-season banquet in addition to our monthly programs covering various subjects by members and guest speakers.  CIHS also hosts a hosta garden walk, a plant sale, field trips, a plant auction, and an annual bus trip.  Membership dues are $10 per couple (or individual) per calendar year.   Membership brings with it nine newsletters throughout the year and reduced prices at several of the local hosta retailers.  Membership dues should be sent to: CIHS, PO Box 3098, Peoria, IL 61612-3098.

The Daffodil & Hosta Society of Western Pennsylvania. R.D. 5, Box 236, Waynesburg, PA, 15370, $8 Household.

Delmarva Hosta Society. 151 Craigs Mill Road, Seaford, DE, 19973, $3 Individual, $5 Family.

Georgia Hosta Society.  Catherine Stephenson, 2nd VP-Membership, 2968 Hutchins Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30044, $10 Individual, $20 Family

Greater Cincinnati Daylily/Hosta Society.  Membership is $7.50 for individuals or $10 for couples.  Please mail a check, payable to GCDHS, to our Treasurer: Betsy Detmer, 1562 New London Road, Hamilton, OH 45013.  Dues are for each calendar year.  The society meets throughout the year at various locations. Programs vary from well known speakers to bus tours, plant exchanges to sales of rare and valuable specimens. We have tours of members' gardens, pot luck lunches and dinner meetings. We put on a Hosta Cut Leaf Show and a Daylily Show during the summer. About every other month you will receive our newsletter containing upcoming events, and informative articles. The GCDHS is affiliated with the daylily and hosta national societies and urges its members to join one or both.  For more information, visit them at http://members.aol.com/gcdhs/gcdhs/home.html

Greater Ozarks Hosta Society.  Greater Ozarks Hosta Society is located in Southwest Missouri with its primary membership in the Springfield area. Membership is $7.50 per calendar year per family payable to GOHS Suzanne Jeffery Treasurer, 19288 Oasis Dr. Phillipsburg, MO. 65722. Current membership is 140 families. Programs are scheduled throughout the year with well-known guest speakers as well as member presentations. A cut-leaf show, plant auction, member garden tour and plant exchange are sponsored annually. Newsletters are sent five to six times a year. GOHS is affiliated with the Midwest Regional Hosta Society and the American Hosta Society. http://www.gohs.org

The Harshbarger Hosta Society.  Iowa City, IA, currently has about 65 members, and has two annual meetings a year, April and September. Dues are $10 per year, paid at the Spring meeting. Our Executive Secretary is Sharon Weiss.  Current president, Judi Pohorsky, email pohojsta@aol.com.

The Heartland Hosta and Shade Plant Society. 6417 Ensley Lane, Mission Hills, KS, 66208, $5 Annually.

The Hosta Society of Wichita, Kansas. Web Site: http://www.wichitahosta.org.  E-Mail: wichitahosta@wichitahosta.org.  Rick Eberhard, Membership Director.  Telephone #: (316) 744-1337.  Fax: # (316) 744-3257.

Illinois Prairie Hosta Society. For membership or Information Contact.  Richard Schroeder, 1819 Coventry Dr., Champaign, IL 61822.  $10.00 Individual, $15.00 Family.

The Indianapolis Hosta Society, 6299 W. County Ro. 550 S, Coatesville, IN, 46121, $10 Individual, $15 Family.

The Metro Detroit Hosta Society, 35438 Mound Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48310-4721, Email BillStruhar@CS.com.  Currently 170 members meeting (usually) 7 PM the last Monday of the month September through April at Birmingham Congregational Church, Cranbrook at Woodward. Dues are $15.00, single or $20.00 Family for two years. Nine newsletters per year plus annual Hosta Leaf Show, plant sale, Bus Tours to remote nurseries/gardens, and Garden Walk(s).

Miami Valley Hosta Society 165 Copperfield Drive, Dayton, OH, 45415, Jim or Shelia Niswander, phone: (937) 836-7073, $7 Individual, $10 Family.  For more information visit them at http://mvhs.freestarthost.com/

Michigan Hosta Society http://www.hostahappenings.com

Mid-Atlantic Regional Hosta Society Kevin P. Walek, 9122 John Way, Fairfax Station, VA, 22039, Email Giboshiman@aol.com.   This region is composed of the Potomac Hosta Club, DelMarVa Hosta Society, Greater Carolina Hosta Society, and the Delaware Valley Hosta Society.  If you are a member of the AHS and a member of one of these "locals" in the region, you are automatically a member of the Mid-Atlantic.

Mid-South Hosta Society Laurance Tucker, President, 2081 Hallwood Drive, Memphis, TN 38107, (901)726-6151, Email lhtsbt@bellsouth.net.    The Mid-South Hosta Society is a non-profit educational organization, formed (October, 1998) exclusively to promote knowledge and interest in hostas, to foster development of new and improved hosta varieties, and to encourage cultivation and usefulness of hostas in the landscape. Annual membership dues are regular ($5.00); family ($7.50); and commercial ($10.00). An informative newsletter, monthly meetings with guest and member speakers, presentations, field trips, a May 8th hosta trade and sale day at the President's home (& gardens), and construction of a hosta walk at the Memphis Botanical Gardens are activities underway or upcoming in 1999. The Society has grown quickly - 109 memberships just 6 months! If you live in the Memphis tri-state area, you might wish to join and grow (hostas) with us. Call us!  Membership dues should be sent to the above address.

Midwest Regional Hosta Society.  2325 S. Watertown Road, Long Lake, MN, 55356,  $5 Annually.

Minnesota Hosta Society.  President - Ross Johnson, email: ross_jb_johnson@yahoo.com. $10 for 2 years

Mississippi Valley Hosta Society. 5155 Crestview Heights Dr., Bettendorf, IA, 52722, , $5 Family.

Northern Illinois Hosta Society.  http://www.northernillinoishostasociety.org/

Northwest Hosta Society  1501 Koawood Drive, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034,   $3 Individual, $5 Family.

Ontario Hosta Society  www.ontariohostasociety.com

Potomac Hosta Club, Inc. Kevin Walek, 9122 John Way, Fairfax Station, VA, 22309-3042, (703) 643-1928.  Household $10.00/$25.00 1yr./3yr., Seniors (65+) $5.00/$12.50 1yr./3yr., Garden Clubs, Businesses and Plant Societies $15.00/$40.00 1yr./3yr.

Quebec Hostas and Hemerocallis Society.  Eeggie D. Millette, President.  For more information, visit their website at www.iquebec.com/hostasquebec.

Russ O'Harra Hosta Society.  Max C. Olson, Membership Chair/Treasurer, 704 34th Street, Des Moines, IA 50312-3702.  $5 Individual, $7 Household

Shades of Green Hosta Society of Southeast Minnesota. We provide a Society Newsletter, educational programs, garden tours, plant sale/swap and other group activities. To learn more about us, visit our website at http://www.soghs.org/ . Contact us at PrestonPlants@aol.com . Cindy Tomashek, President, 507-289-2614.  Shades of Green Hosta Society 1288 Wicklow Lane SW, Rochester, MN 55902

Spokane Hosta Society. N. 18 Bowdish, Spokane, WA, 99206, $6 for two years.

Tri-State Hosta Society. 14 Oxford Drive, East Hanover, NY, 07936, $5 Individual, $8 Family.

The Upstate New York Hosta Society. For more information please visit them at www.geocities.com/~hosta2. 

The Western New York Hosta Society. For more information please visit them at www.wnyhosta.com